Health Consultation: Lake Roosevelt Beaches Sediment Non-Tribal Exposure Northeast, Washington. EPA Facility ID: WA0000530279

摘要

The northern reach of the Columbia River (Upper Columbia River) includes Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Lake Roosevelt) which for the purpose of this health consultation, Lake Roosevelt and the Upper Columbia River is treated as a contiguous site (Lake Roosevelt). In the Lake Roosevelt community, Washington State Department of Healths (DOH) top priority is to ensure that the community has the best information possible to safeguard its health. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has prepared this health consultation at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The purpose of this health consultation is to evaluate the potential human health hazard posed by contaminants in sediments along the beaches of Lake Roosevelt in northeast Washington. Smelting related contaminants (slag and heavy metals (inorganic compounds)) and other contaminants (organic compounds) were found in beach sediments taken between the U.S./Canadian border and Grand Coulee Dam. DOH prepares health consultations under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).